Should we pay attention to people who are older and more experienced than we are?

'Heeding advice' is easier advised than done. World War 2, Star Wars and The great Depression are all examples when one or a group of people did not pay heed to the advice of elders. Yes, sometimes one may have to reflect if it is necessary to pay attention to people who are older and more experienced than they are, but history has consistently proven it's true that it is beneficial pay attention to people who are older and more experienced than we are. I also agree with this. Older people are more experience and have a greater cosmopolitan view than the younger generation. As young people still have amorphous views and experiences that concerns the 'big wide world', elders can redefine this thoughts and can channel people who are younger than them.

World War 2 was already predicted 20 years before any sign of it breaking-out had even emerged. This is not peace. This a armistice for 20 years' This was the response by Foch, a french general, after the signing of treaty of versailles (a treaty, signed by the losing side of WW1, imposed by the winning side of WW1). Sure enough, 20 years later, the World War 2 had started. If the leaders of the countries that were complicit in igniting WW2 and the leaders that imposed the Treaty of Versailles had paid heed to what Foch had said, history for us would be significantly different to what it is now. We can see listening to elders and people who are more experienced than us can benefit us.

In Star Wars and the Phantom Menace, when the two Jedi knights that presented Anakin Skywalker to the Jedi Master, Yoda (the lead jedi master) sensed that Anakin had a propensity towards the dark side. He was proved right in the third episode of Star wars when Anakin became the apprentice of the Sith lord Darth Sidious (aka Chancellor Palpatine) and became the notoriously infamous Darth Vader. Yet again, we can see that paying attention to people who are older and more experienced than we are is good, even in the realms of Hollywood!

A shock wave rippled through the America on October 29, 1929, when the wall street crashed. But this event was already predicted by some clairvoyant economists. After America had experienced a mini-crash on march the same year, experts advised less experience investors to stop investing heavily (while taking risks for example putting their house on mortgage as a guarantee to the banks who in turn are gambling with customers money to invest). The experience understood that the industry would soon have to cut back on over-production, hence slowing growth rates which would stimulate a rapid decrease of value of stocks. Unfortunately, other investors dismissed the predictions of these more experienced investors, and  lost heavily when the wall street crashed on black tuesday. Some investors were forced to commit suicide

In conclusion, I reaffirm my statement that one should pay attention to people who are older and more experienced than they are because experience and age teaches people what to do and not to do. This is an abstruse knowledge that less experienced people are wanting of, and so it is always wise to pay attention to people who are older and more experienced than we are.